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The Florida Panthers Get A Win In Vancouver, But Their Minds Are On The School Shooting

02/15/2018 at 9:19am EST

from Jim Morris of the CP at the Globe and Mail,

The Florida Panthers won in Vancouver Wednesday night but their hearts were back home.

Many of the Panther players were emotional after their 4-3 victory against the Vancouver Canucks, their thoughts focused on the massacre at a high school near the team's practice facility. At least 17 people were killed in the shooting at Parkland, Fla.

"It was tough," said Jamie McGinn, who scored a power-play goal in the win. "You turn on the TV in the afternoon . . . and it's close to home. This is where a lot of the guys, they have young kids now, but when they get older that's the high school they will be going to, so it affected our team.

"It's a sad world we live in right now."

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